We are Sewing, Daily Sewing...

Caleb came home from school and said he wanted to make something for his teacher. I didn't really listen to his whole explanation about why, but nevertheless, he wanted to make something. He then said he would make a bag that looked like the Texas flag because his teacher was born in Texas. Later he said he found red and blue fabric but not white and was it ok if he cut up a t-shirt to have white fabric. Whatever...I was cooking dinner and really wasn't paying as much attention as I probably should have been. He told me he would ask Maddy to help him because he didn't know how to sew, but she did. They went about their business and I did mine. Caleb left for a play practice and I finished dinner. Clark and I left after dinner for a couple of hours. When I came home, Maddy came in with the bag she had made for Caleb. Turns out he had shown her what he wanted and she made it! Is this amazing or what???



She even appliqued stars on the blue fabric on both sides!


I was impressed! I wish I had the same confidence as they do that I could bring my ideas to life! Just thought I'd share with you what was happening at my house tonight!

My Project - Part 2

It is done! The room is repainted and the girls have moved in. I love how it turned out! Of course, I am only showing you the room that is finished. That leaves two rooms that need to be moved around and put back in order, but we are progressing! One thing is for sure, when you move rooms, you clean up really well. We filled two trash bags with throw away and a big laundry basket with give away so we definitely did get rid of some stuff. It took a little longer than I thought, who knew how hard it would be to cover dark green paint with white?! So here it is for your viewing pleasure, but you can always come and visit and see it for yourself!

My Project - Part 1

Ever since I was young I can remember that I liked to rearrange my bedroom. Some things don't change! Now I have to rearrange my kid's rooms! We decorated everyone's bedroom when we moved into this house almost 8 years ago. Now some have left and so we are doing more rearranging and decorating changes. Caleb has moved down to the basement into Adam's room, because Adam just isn't around enough to use it and the girls need more space. Caleb had one of the biggest rooms to himself (because he and Tim used to share, but not anymore!) So the work has begun! Here are a couple of pictures of the process of moving Caleb out and repainting more to the girls' taste...(and can I tell you, they DO have an opinion!) But they have helped and everytime I am in their room working, they come in and help and tell me "Thank You" several times. It will be fun to see the transformation. The plan is a room that will move them into their tweens and then go grow up with them along the way...translated, that means I hope we chose a color that will last and all we have to do is change some accessories! We will see!
Above, here is Caleb's room as we were moving him out...

Here are the girls removing wallpaper.



And here is the room, just about ready to paint...

I will keep you "posted" on how the work is progressing!